G-SYNC 101: Hidden Benefits of High Refresh Rate G-SYNC


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Often overlooked is G-SYNC’s ability to adjust the refresh rate to lower fixed framerates. This can be particularly useful for games hard-locked to 60 FPS, and has potential in emulators to replicate unique signals such as the 60.1Hz of NES games, which would otherwise be impossible to reproduce. And due to the scanout speed increase at 100Hz+ refresh rates, an input lag reduction can be had as well…

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The results show a considerable input lag reduction on a 144Hz G-SYNC display @60 FPS vs. a 60Hz G-SYNC display @58 FPS with first on-screen reactions measured (middle screen would show about half this reduction). And while each frame is still rendered in 16.6ms, and delivered in intervals of 60 per second on the higher refresh rate display, they are scanned in at a much faster 6.9ms per.



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depatere
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depatere

I just got the Asus XG27AQWMG which is a Gsync compatible monitor with 280hz refresh rate.
To make G-Sync pop up as a setting in NVCP, I needed to enable VRR on the monitor OSD.

However, during testing the optimal settings mentioned here, I’ve enabled Reflex + Boost on World of Warcraft, however, it does not seem to limit any fps.

Should I just use the NVCP Framelimiter on top of it for the lowest input lag?

galloflom
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galloflom

Thanks for this info! Quick question, I have an asus zephyrus g15 2021 (165hz) ga503qr with an rtx 3070 and ryzen 9 5900hs, and i was wondering if the optimal setup changes due to the fact that the laptop screen is using amd freesync and there’s no mux switch available in this model? Because when I try to go to the nvidia panel i dont see any option to enable or change gsync, and when i try to use the setup you recommend, the games feel choppy. Just wondering what the best way to set it up in my case would be?

hydroxido
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hydroxido

Hey guys, regarding Fortnite on a 360Hz display with G-Sync + NVCP V-Sync + Reflex On/Boost. The Reflex auto-cap isn’t working at all since on Unlimited the in-game counter actually exceeds the refresh rate, and if I set the in-game limiter to 360 the counter sits locked at 360. Is Reflex broken in this game or should I just force a manual 340fps cap in NVCP to ensure I stay within G-Sync range?

Alex4S
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Alex4S

I tried Vsync on Nvidia+Gsync on and capped at 237 It seems The frames drop top 160 or even lower at big fights in games like League of legends then frames go back to normal and that can be annoying and noticeable stuttering and not so smooth. Having vsync off it seems that doesnt happen but of course i have some tearing. Why does it happen I have the game on bordereless mode shall i activate gsync both for fullscreen and window mode?

olam
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olam

Hi thanks for you guide!

Is it recommended to disable G-SYNC on my other monitors which support G-SYNC?
Only my main monitor runs at 360Hz, while the other two run at 240Hz.

My actual issue is that my games don’t feel as smooth as they should.

Thank you in advance.

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